Field notes, v1538
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Quast 1948 Journal 44 May 1 Umi SSE Santa Rosalia Sea Level Baja California Arrived here about 6:00 P.M. after the equivalent of a 3 hours trip from San Ignacio. We passed by the Tres Virgenes Volcanoes and fresh-looking lava-flows that were probably forced out when one of the mountains was said to erupt, about 1746. Seen on the trip from San Ignacio to Santa Rosalia were a California Jay, a Red-tailed Hawk and an Antelope Ground-squirrel. A Frigate bird was seen by Trvis just before we reached Santa Rosalia. We are camped by the old town of San Lucus, about 200yds east of the road and near a small estero where a boat was being built. A few mangroves are growing around the shore and may also be seen growing on a long sand spit south of us. San Marcos Island is East of us. Several small bats were seen feeding after sundown (7:30 P.M.) and one after darks (8:00 PM). Before we left San Ignacio the priest said that there are pictographs in red pigment in caves about 1 Km. north of the old mission. May 2 Mulege 25 ft Baja California Arrived here at noon after leaving previous camp about 8:30 A.M.